someone obviously hates his degree and wants everyone to suffer as well

someone posted this comment in the library and Richard Perkins was nice enough to photocopy it (and his reply) and stick it up in the Film common room.

by the way, he has bad grammar (look at his lack of question marks even though he is asking a question! tsk tsk!)

You Say:
Is there any way staff can muzzle the film studies students who seem to need to laugh so much in the carrels on Floor 2. Perhaps move the TVs to the Film Studies Dept!!! The "work" of any subject that precipitates more laughter than stress is obviously not worh any respect anyway but if we must humour these people can we at least put doors on these carrels to shut them up. I prefer my first idea - if they need to watch TV then get the department to provide space for them - perhaps in a cattleshed in Westwood where they can watch comedies all day long!

We Say:
Thank you for your contribution. The Film Studies Department does provide viewing space for their students, so the people you describe are more likely to be from other departments, presumably equally worthless... :)

Noise from all the Library carrels is a problem; if in doubt, I suggest you try standing near those on Floor 5. We will be putting signs in these carrels reminding people to respect the needs of others. In Term 3 we will have stewards partolling to keep an eye on this sort of thing. In the longer run, after the Library re,odelling project over the Summer vacation, video and DVD players will not be located in zones which are designated for quiet study.

Richard Perkins
Film & Theatre Librarian